BILL NUMBER: AB 1348 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 373
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 25, 2005
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 26, 2005
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2005
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 19, 2005
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 7, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Sharon Runner
FEBRUARY 22, 2005
An act to add and repeal Section 379.7 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to electricity.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1348, Sharon Runner Antelope Valley Fairgrounds EE and PV
Synergy Demonstration Project.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in
consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission (Energy Commission), to administer, until
January 1, 2008, a self-generation incentive program for distributed
generation resources in the same form that exists on January 1, 2004.
Existing law establishes a net energy metering pilot program for
eligible biogas digester customer-generators.
This bill would authorize the establishments of the Antelope
Valley Fairgrounds EE and PV Synergy Demonstration Project, as
specified, at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, a project that would
include the installation of cost-effective energy efficient equipment
and fixtures, and a photovoltaic solar energy system of up to 630
kilowatts. The bill would require an electrical corporation
providing electrical service to the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds to
file a tariff with the commission meeting certain criteria.
Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an
order or direction of the commission is a crime.
Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and
because the failure to file a required tariff or the violation of a
filed and approved tariff implementing its requirements would be a
crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by
creating a new crime.
The provisions of this bill would be repealed on January 1, 2017.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 379.7 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
379.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
demonstration project authorized pursuant to this section, at the
Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, to determine actual energy and cost
savings that may be achieved when investments are made onsite to both
reduce overall electricity demand and to offset peak electricity
demand through the installation of (1) cost-effective energy
efficient equipment and fixtures, and (2) a photovoltaic solar energy
system, will provide valuable empirical data upon which to optimize
future ratepayer investments in cost-effective energy efficiency and
photovoltaic solar systems.
(b) (1) The demonstration project authorized pursuant to this
section shall be referred to as the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds EE
and PV Synergy Demonstration Project.
(2) To ensure that potential energy and cost savings from
cost-effective energy efficient equipment and fixtures are achieved,
the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds shall do both of the following:
(A) Implement the recommendations of the energy audit performed on
July 27, 2004.
(B) Include cost-effective energy efficient equipment and fixtures
in all future expansions of the fairgrounds.
(3) To ensure that potential energy and cost savings are achieved
from a photovoltaic solar energy system of up to 630 kilowatts
installed at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, the photovoltaic solar
energy system shall meet both of the following criteria:
(A) Be installed in a manner that optimizes operating efficiency,
including appropriate siting.
(B) Consist of components that are new and unused and have a
warranty of not less than 10 years to protect against defects and
undue degradation of electrical generation output.
(c) An electrical corporation providing electrical service to the
Antelope Valley Fairgrounds shall, by February 1, 2006, file with the
commission a tariff providing for an incentive rate consistent with
this section. The incentive rate shall provide stability and
certainty over a 10-year period in an amount and in a manner to
support investment in, and to test the durability of, the
photovoltaic solar energy system installed at the fairgrounds. The
incentive rate, together with an incentive from the self-generation
incentive program that recognizes the energy efficiency investments
made at the fairgrounds as authorized pursuant to Section 379.6,
shall provide for a 10-year payback period for the photovoltaic solar
energy system. The incentive rate shall not result in any cost
shifting among customer classes of the electrical corporation.
(d) Actual energy and cost savings shall be determined through
annual energy audits and ongoing metering of electricity used and
electricity produced on a time-of-use basis.
(e) The demonstration project will be complete 10 years from the
date the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds first takes electrical service
pursuant to the incentive rate required by this section.
(f) Biennial reports shall be submitted to the commission and to
the Legislature by the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. The reports shall
include actual recorded electricity usage by the fairgrounds and
electricity produced by the photovoltaic solar energy system at the
fairgrounds, on a time-of-use basis. A final report shall be
submitted to the commission and to the Legislature within six months
of the conclusion of the demonstration project. The final report
shall include an analysis of the energy and cost savings achieved at
the fairgrounds, the effectiveness of combining investment in energy
efficiency and a photovoltaic solar energy system on the same site,
the performance and durability of the photovoltaic solar energy
system over the life of the demonstration project, and
recommendations for optimizing ratepayer investment in energy
efficiency and photovoltaic solar energy systems.
(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.